Yep, I am seeing the same thing. I have played about 5 easy short games and 6 medium long games. I usually clear the last 10-15 camps in a single run if I am into deleting all the loot. I will probably try some hardcore long real soon!

Really fun to play but I could go for about 2x as long (8-10 hrs play per round). I know I have paid a lot more for less game time so I think it is very well priced.

I started a Wiki over at google but didn't get very far before I decided to go play - lol

Yes, I most certainly still play Orc Lords! Every chance I get. I wish there were more hours in the day to play all my excellent TM games more!

As a matter of fact, I am still looking for my first new or OLD game that does NOT play on Vista. Haven't found one yet which is amazing considering all the talk I had heard about Vista sucking before I got this new SuperComputer. I was VERY worried.

Have there been service packs for vista? or just small updates? Every update should make it better. So far there only seem to be a small % of people complaining about Win7 and most the problems seem to be minor if played in in XP compatibility mode..

How are you liking the interface of Vista? are you having any problems finding things or doing things like you used to do in XP?

I play from time to time; just last night, as a matter of fact. I like to try different characters, to see how my gameplay changes. Last night, I started as an Elven Archer (Elrajim), and had to take a farmer along almost immediately to absorb the damage while I plinked away from longer range. My bow sucks, and I haven't got better bows from loot.

Hardcore is exactly the same as difficult except that the game is over when you die. Enemy camps are random, but follow a theme for the game. For example, if you have one monster type in a camp you're much more likely to encounter that monster type in other camps. I don't want to spoil your fun, but there is a way to make the monsters weaker in hardcore mode without cheating. I don't use that techinique because I like having to fight tough monsters because it makes you plan an assault instead of charging in and easily sluaghtering everything.

You can kill off all the easy encounters and have nothing left to toughen up your character unless you wait forever for raiding parties. In these situations, you need to get resourceful. For example, you might need to have an alchemist create some potions for you or other characters create items like a skull of bloodlust so you'll have a chance to survive. If your best followers have been killed off and you can't hire decent replacements, then it might be best to just kill yourself and start over because constantly running back to town to get healed is frustrating and not much fun.

My first try at hardcore was a tough start I had just formed my team and everything was going well until I ran right into a high level camp. Stomped into dust....

I'm still on my second try at hardcore and am having a hard time getting through the 3* areas. I just lost all my villagers to bandits I did not see coming. Not sure if I will be able to build it back but I'm gonna give it a try.

I am pretty successful at medium without dying or loosing any villagers. Hardcore is tough, as it should be!

I bought this back when it first came out and just finished 2 playthroughs yesterday. Such a simple game but so much fun, I pick a different class and make up a story as to why/ how I got in the middle of this forest lol.

I would love to see them make a sequel to this, with more emphasis on building up the town, would be awesome

"Xarne" wrote:I bought this back when it first came out and just finished 2 playthroughs yesterday. Such a simple game but so much fun, I pick a different class and make up a story as to why/ how I got in the middle of this forest lol.

I would love to see them make a sequel to this, with more emphasis on building up the town, would be awesome